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The course provides a comprehensive survey of state-of-the-art airport planning and design. It addresses the strategic issues that airports face in the rapidly changing environment of international air transport.
The course offers detailed discussions of:
Airline Economics: Revenues and Operating Costs
Airline Planning Process: Fleets, Routes and Schedules
Airline Operations: Impacts on Airports and Passengers
Impact of tightening security measures on airport operations and facilities
Standard and emerging methods for evaluating airport needs, including latest computer models,
Strategies for dealing with the variability of traffic and the problems of congestion and delays
Design methodologies for airside facilities and modeling
The development of major new airports such as Athens, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, and Shanghai
The design of airport passenger buildings, automated baggage and people mover systems
Airport access issues and development in people movers
Financing of airports by public and private agencies and by airport user charges
Competition between airports and multiple airport systems
Numerous examples drawn from the extensive North American and international consulting experience of all lecturers supplement the presentations of issues and methods.
A major theme for the course is that airport planning takes place in a highly unpredictable environment. It is therefore necessary to adopt flexible approaches to calls for new or expanded facilities. Strategies toward capital investments should be multi-dimensional, not just technical or capital-intensive. For example, in addressing problems of congestion and delays, the course explores the advantages of solutions involving the reallocation of resources, economic incentives, demand management, and the reconfiguration of services and facilities in combination with new construction.
The course will distribute copies of the text Airport Systems: Planning, Design  and Management (McGraw-Hill, 2003) by Professors de Neufville and Odoni. It incorporates extensive new material, previously not available, on:
efficient configuration of airport passenger buildings
cost-effective design through shared use of facilities
runway and taxiway capacity
demand management
airport financing
security procedures and their implications
The course will also be highly illustrated from the extensive collection of figures developed in conjunction with the publication of the book.
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Also the book 'The Global Airline Industry" (Wiley-Publishers 2009) by Dr Peter Belobaba, Pr  ofessor Amedeo Odoni, and Cynthia Barnhart.
The Global Airline Industry provides a definitive introduction to our air transportation system. Featuring contributors from 3 different continents, all affiliated to MIT’s Global Airline Industry Program, this book’s unique and holistic perspective is allied with detailed coverage of:
• air transportation economics
• airline planning and operations
• industrial relations and human resource issues
• aviation safety and security
• aviation infrastructure and environmental impacts
• airline pricing and distribution.
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